Effects of purification and fluorescent staining on viability of Mycobacterium leprae

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 194-202

  Lahiri, Ramanuj ^a   Randhawa, Baljit ^a   Krahenbuhl, James L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PALMITIC ACID; PKH 26; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; FOOT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPROSY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NUDE MOUSE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLUORESCENT DYES; FOOT; LEPROSY; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PALMITIC ACID; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 33746445556     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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